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How do you pronounce lieutenant? | MILITARY WORDS


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There's fightin' talk in this episode of Words Unravelled, in which Jess and Rob discuss words of warcraft.
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đź‘® Is lieutenant pronounced loo-tenant or lef-tenant?
These questions answered – and many more – in this military etymology special of Words Unravelled.

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